St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-20

was in harmony with the snowy white of
his chariot. The front of the sledge was
formed like tOboggan. and the whole was
in white, sprinkled with silver crystals,
glittering symbols Of the frozen north. Be-
hind the king in lower canopied chair sat
the lord high chancellor. in white robes,
while at his feet sat two cubs of the polar
bear. The kings seat was trimmed with
ermine, and on all sides of the chariot were
wrought garlands of evergreen. The
chariot was drawn by six horses wearing
white blankets trimmed with evergreen and
encircied with strings of bells, over which
the lines were held by driver OH all ele-
waited seat on the front of the chariot On
either side marched three polar bears. The
dramatic personal of the chariot We're:
Rex Borealis-Dr. j. H. Murphy.
Lord High Chanceor-Charles A. Van
Slyke.
Cub Bears-Libby Lowell and Martin
Geiser. -i
Guard of Bears-M. Stein, Gus Williams
John c. Volker, G. H. Bork Stephen Geiser
and Andrew Ferguson.
THE KINGS COURT.
Following the kings chariot rode the
prominent members OF his court in four
sledges. all alike and the counterpart of the
kings, but smaller, containing but one seat
which was not canopied. All were white
and deliberately trimmed with evergreen.
while blue streamers bearing white stars
flOated from the rear of each one as well as
from the kings. First came the lord high
eXecutioner, drawn by pair of moose with
an elk leading. the master of the rolls fol-
lowed, drawn by eight Hudson Bay dogs
tandem. Next came the master of the
kings bed-chamber, drawn by seven dogs.
tandem, and after him rode the lord high
chancellor, drawn by five Shetland ponies.
four abreast and one leading. All these
titled nabobs wore white robes and had
long, flowing gray boards. and each was
accompanied by his guard of polar bears
The individuals were:
Lord High Executioner-John s. Prince, Jr
Master of the Rolls-F. s. Smith.
Master of the Bedchamber-Al Sibley
Bears-C. 0. Bowles, F. C. Bourk. J. A.
Hall, George Waite. a. Brand. H. P Hatch
J. Veverka, S. B. Jansen, William Wagner,
f. Leder, George Scheld, Frank McDermott.
Thomas Harvey, George Walten, f. C. Holch.
TIE WINDSOR FLOAT.
One of the most attractive features of the
parade was the float which carried the
ladies of the Windsor Toboggan club. 1t
was very elaborate affair. The platform
was about thirty feet long and ten feet
wide, on which the seats were arranged in
three tiers running iengthWise. On the rear
were three elevated seats covered with can
OpeS. The front was turned high, like the
dash of a cutter, and on this were mounted
two large white swans, and from their
beaks ran lines of blue ribbon into the
hands of little Miss Knight. the driver.
Over the main part of the float was a long
rounded canopy. The seats were all up
k,,.I-4
pants were all wrapped in white wolf robes
The outer part of the canopies was of blue
and white, the club colorS, arranged in
rays. while the interior of the can
opies was in pink and white. The
platform was surrounded by white
drapery. The float was drawn by nine
horses. four abreast on the pole, three
abreast ahead of them and span ahead
the horses being guided by six joekies rid
ing the outside aumals and dressed in the
club cOlOrs. On the front of the float stood
two shaggy polar bears, represented by
Charles Nelson and Ed AtthouSe. The
three elevated seats in the rear were occu-
pied by Misses Armstrong, Mahan aud
Hunter. The whole presented a picture
beautiful in the extreme, the blue and
white uniforms of the ladies, the general
mingling of these colors, the great size and
general handsome design of the float, max
ing an ensemble the equal of which was not
seen last year, and the superior has not been
seen this year.
THE OWLS.
A very attractive float was that which
contained the members of the Owl Tobog-
gan club. This club consists of eighteen
gentlemen and their wives, among their
number being President Maxfeld and City
Engineer Rundlett. The uniform is the
same as last year when it at
tracted universal attention. 1t is a very
tasty combination of navy blue and
cavalry yellow. The float was arranged on
a platform about 25x10 feet with the seats
running erosswise and every one above an
other toward the rear. Over the rear.
curved outward and upward from below
and covering part of the seats, was ar
ranged covering and over the heads of
the occupants was a canopy, all being
made ZIP of combination of the club colors,
except that the inside of the rear covering
was maroon. On the outside of the rear
canopy was the embroidered picture of an
owl and the banner of the club bearing a
similar design floated over the driver. On
each side of the driver the front curved up
ward ending in dragons heads and the ends
of a cross bar were held in the dragons
mouths The float was drawn by six horses